FACTS/FLUKES: Wells, Vargas, Peralta, Colon, Hicks

Wells taking advantage of playing time…Sheryl Crow once noted that “a change would do you good.” Vernon Wells (OF, NYY) seems to have taken those words to heart; after two miserable years in Anaheim, he’s come alive for his new team. Can Wells maintain his hot start?

Year   AB   BA    xBA  bb%  ct%  h%   G/L/F    HR   PX  hr/f  SB  Spd  SBO%
====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ==  ========  ==  ===  ====  ==  ===  ====
2009  630  .260  .260    7   86  28  43/15/42  15   87    6%  17   92   13%
2010  590  .273  .308    8   86  27  42/16/42  31  151   15%   6   76    8%
2011  505  .218  .250    4   83  22  40/12/48  25  114   12%   9  106   15%
2012  243  .230  .256    6   86  23  42/16/42  11   98   13%   3   67    8%
2013  107  .280  .270...

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